Harvest : an adventure into the heart of America's family farms / Richard Horan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horan, Richard, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horan, Richard, 1957---Travel.

Horan, Richard.

Horan, Richard, 1957-.

Family farms--United States.

Family farms.

Organic farmers.

Travel.

United States.

Farm life--United States.

Farm life.

Organic farmers--United States.

Agriculture--United States.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

x, 300, 26 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Perennial, [2012]

Summary:

Novelist and nature writer Richard Horan embarked on an adventure across America to reveal that farming is still the vibrant beating heart of our nation. Horan went from coast to coast, visiting organic family farms and working the harvests of more than a dozen essential or unusual food crops-from Kansas wheat and Michigan wild rice to Maine potatoes, California walnuts, and Cape Cod cranberries-in search of connections with the farmers, the soil, the seasons, and the lifeblood of America.

Sparkling with lively prose and a winning blend of profound seriousness and delightful humor, Harvest carries the reader on an eye-opening and transformational journey across the length and breadth of this remarkable land, offering a powerful national portrait of challenge and diligence, and an inspiring message of hope. Book jacket.

Contents:

Turkey red wheat

Green beans

Blueberries

Tomatoes

Red raspberries, brussels sprouts

Wild rice (manoomin)

Cranberries

Potatoes

Interlude: slow money, my money, and San Francisco

Walnuts

Grapes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780062090317

0062090313

OCLC:

809723559